Burkhard Koenig, Tom Fricke, Ina Dix and Peter G. Jones
The reaction of 1,8-dibromooct-4-ene-2,6-diyne (1) with secondary amines, such as n-butylamine (2a), yields macrocyclic 2:2 substitution products 3; the structure of 3a was investigated by X-ray crystallography.